Final value fleece

[jelemental]

13% "final value fee" after paying an insertion fee? I dont recall that fleecing the last time I sold here. Ebay has totally lost its value to regular people wanting occasionally sell items on ebay. You ebay store subscribers, spare me your retorts pretending like ebay is a great place to sell now. I have been a member for over 20 years now and I think I am done. I will sell my music gear on reverb or marketplace.  5% is a fair deal. 13% after paying an insertion fee to list is absurd.  👎

[secondlifetreasures-llc]

There shouldn't be any insertion fees if you've listed less than 250 items this month or selected optional features (subtitles, bold title, etc.) Fees have been hovering around 13% for 10+ years. It used to be 10% eBay fees, 2.9% PayPal fees and 30 cent transaction fees. Now (unless you are a store subscriber) it is 13.25% + 30 cents. A marginal increase. The platform that charges 5% doesn't seem to result in any interest or sales from my experience, but good luck.

[4pawsup*]

Ok see ya.

[fern*wood]

How much was your insertion fee?

[krazzykats]

Selling fees | eBay

[kensgiftshop]

When Pay Pal was processing payments, the total fee's were around 13%, so the fee's haven't changed much in awhile.

Unless you selected a listing upgrade or promoted the listing, there wouldn't be an insertion fee.

[bonjourami]

" 5% is a fair deal"

You seem to be stuck in a time warp, welcome to 2023.

[isaiah53-57]

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@jelemental wrote:

13% "final value fee" after paying an insertion fee? I dont recall that fleecing the last time I sold here. Ebay has totally lost its value to regular people wanting occasionally sell items on ebay. You ebay store subscribers, spare me your retorts pretending like ebay is a great place to sell now. I have been a member for over 20 years now and I think I am done. I will sell my music gear on reverb or marketplace.  5% is a fair deal. 13% after paying an insertion fee to list is absurd.  👎

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@jelementalnot sure about that insertion fee?...but I do understand your concerns about the final value fee. 13% to 15% of the entire transaction is highly likely going to equate to 20% to 25% of the items price - Which is already extreme - BUT....the problem now is Promoted Listings. ebay suggests you give them another 15% of the entire transaction to promote your item, which, if you did, could very likely equate to 40% to 50% of the items price! Of course, this is optional as "ebay store subscribers" will tell you, but don't doubt for a minute they too are feeling the squeeze from this atrocity disguised as an ad program.

See the latest quarter results and how Promoted Listings revenue increased 39% - Its increasing on a logarithmic scale, and though it will always be optional (which is the companies pretext in my opinion), it will not ALWAYS be unnecessary - My guess is its being pushed hard to make sellers believe it is essential to sales in nefarious ways, either intentionally, or bare minimum, inadvertently...

[heckofagame]

"You ebay store subscribers, spare me your retorts pretending like ebay is a great place to sell now."

As an eBay store subscriber, I feel that eBay is a great place to sell now.